Shower bath spray



Jan. 3, 1933. T. E. NEAL 1,893,435

`SHOWER BATH SPRAY Filed April 1o, 1931 y taken'without theV water striking a persoiis chamber extended downwardlyas a positive `latented Jan. 3, 1933 Y i 'g y Y i A UNITED STATES THEOPHILUS E; NEAL, OF vPRAIRIE TVETIEW, TEXAS i SHOWER BATH SPR-AY' Appiieation ined April 1o, .1931. Serial' No.5'2ai75. a* a This invention relates to a shower bath and ing beneath the same without his head getting Y more particularly to a spray apparatus. At wet,`

the presentV time shower bath sprays are so F igureQisa'fragmentary view showing the l constructed that a shower bath cannot beV forward portion of. the annular spraying head and causing the hair to become wet. means of preventing'waterfrom striking a This is often objectionable and therefore one persons face,V and l object of the invention isv to provide a spray Figure :3 -is an enlarged 'fragmentary secso constructed that while water may strike tion view illustrating a slightly modiiied 5y 10 the shoulders and other` portions of a perform o f annular sprayingl chamber. 10 sons body, it will be prevented from striking Thel lmPIOVGd ShOWeIy bath has an annular a persons head and Causing the hair to bespraying chamber l formed of tubing. This comeA wet. annular chamber may have all kportions At other times it is desired to have the' throughout SCFCUIDQTQDQ@ @Xtehdhg h1 the I5 lhead sprayed'as well as other portions ofthe Same Plhheyjol lts. forward lPOIOH may QX- 65 body, and therefore another object of the Y teh@ dOWhWahdlY as ShOWhl-f 2 thereby d15- invention is to provide a nozzle for directing POSlhg hhh fQjWhTd Poftlhh 1h a lower Plane a spray of water onto a persons headV which and ehmmatlhg danger of Waiter. sprayed is so. associated with the body spraying pordohghwarchy from the. (fhalhheh Stlklhg a Per '70 tion( of the device Vthat water may be` allowed Solrlfae Whlle takdng a Shwer bath' to pass through this nozzle when so desired fr l e over port-lon .OE' )me Chamber 1. 1S 01- Cut. Off fromth@ sama l ormed with perforations 3 constituting Y Another object of the invention is tof pro- Witter Outlets and by referrmg tOFlgure l 1t vde an lmprovd type of Valve for com will'be seen that while these perforations are V trolling the flow of water which is operatively formed 'm the lower portlon of the Mmmm chamber they extend vertically and are so Colineted 71th the head Spraying nozzle and located that water sprayed downwardly adjusted by manipulating the nozzle.

Another Object of the invention is to pro therethrough will define anannular wall of vide the improved shower bath device with sprayed Water and .dus Water W111- Stmke a i' water shut ofi' before thehot water has an '40 position to regulate the flow of water persons shoulders and other portions of the 80 body without striking the head. a This is clearlybrought lout in Figure land by referring .to this iigure it will be seen that by having thewater strike apersons shoulders as shown,` his headmay be kept ,dry and the ,B5 hair will not become wet. i

VIn Figure 3 there has been shown a slightly modified form of annular chamber in which chamber 4 has aiiat wall `5 .disposedat an incline and formed with perforations 6 90 through which the water is sprayed. While the perforations 6 do not extend verticallyV as shown inr Figure 1 the same eiifect of keepy ing the hair dry can be produced by forming Into the nozzle. S0' that the hair may be the annular chamber of theproper diameter. 95 washed.V Hollow arms? extend inwardly from the an- The invention is illustrated in the accomnular chamber. )Any suitableA number of Panyllg ClIaWlIlg WhlN-nY these arms may be provided andv their inner' Figure I is a view showing the improved ends are connected by a union 8 which -eX- a valve controlled by a thermostat so that incase water passing to the shower device becomes too hot, the thermostatic valve will be moved to a. closed position and th-eiiow of opportunity to scald a person.

Another `object of theinvention is to permit the` lvalve controlling Vthe flow of water through-the nozzlefto be moved to an adjusted through the nozzle while standing under the shower, thereby permitting a person to keep his head dry until other portions of his body have been washed and the water thenturned shower device in section and a person standtendsv above and below the inner ends of the 100 arms and has its upper portion 9 internally threaded and formed with a chamber 10. The lower portion or neck 11 of the union is externally threaded and this neck is of a reduced internal diameter, thereby defining a shoulder or seat 12 for a sleeve valve 13 which is slidably mounted in the intermediate portion of the union. Upon the neck 11 is threaded a coupling 14 which extends downwardly and has its lower portion thickcned inwardly as shown at 15 andinternally threaded to receive an externally threaded stem 16 projecting upwardly from a-nozzle 17. A suitable number of side openings 18 are formed in the stern 16 adjacent its upper end and the upper end of the stem is closed by a head 19 adapted to seat against the lower end of the neck l1 and connected with the sleeve valve 13 by a rod or stem 20. By turning the nozzle 17 in order to move its stem or neck 16 upwardly through the coupling 14, its head 19 may be moved into closed relation to the lower end of the neck 11 of the union, thereby preventing water from flowing downwardly through the Vnozzle and out through the perforations formed in the cap 21 of the nozzle. When the vnozzle is in this position the sleeve valverwill be supported in an elevated position above the inner ends ofthe arms 7 thereby permitting water to enter these arms and iiow through them into the annular chamber 1 forv discharge through the perforations 3. Therefore water will only be discharged from the annular chamber and this water will descend in an annular spray which will strike a persons shoulders without striking his head and causing his hair to become wet. Y

:By turning the nozzle and its neck 16 in a direction to move it ydownwardly the head 19 of the neck will be moved away from the lower end of the neck 11, thereby allowing Awater to enter the nozzle and form a spray which will descend upon a persons head. If the nozzle is only moved downwardly a short distance, water may be discharged both from the annular chamber and from the nozzle, but if it is moved downwardly` a suilicient distance to cause the sleeve valve to seat against the shoulder 12, this sleeve will be disposed in closing relation to the Vinner ends of the arms 7 and water will then be shut 0H from these arms and only allowed to pass through the nozzle. It will thus be seen th at the head may be kept dry while taking a shower bath, or kept dry until other portions of the body have been washed and water then permitted to be discharged through the nozzle 17 and the hair washed. This eliminates the discomfort of having water striking a persons head and face while taking a shower bat-h, but at the same time allows the hair and head to be washed after the rest of the body has been washed. j

Instead of directly connecting the upper from its upper and lower ends about openings formed therein, theupper neck being screwed intol engagement with the supply pipefand the upper portion 9 of the union being screwed into engagement with the neck 2 5. The lower portion122a of the supply pipe telescopes into the upper portion thereof, and a water tight joint is formed by the packing 22?) and gland 220. Therefore the shower can be adjusted vertically and accommodate itself tothe height of the person standing beneath Vthe same.

A thermostat 26 ts suspended in the housing 23 from a cross bar 27 extending across the lower endofthe neck 24 and upon this thermostat'is provided a closureelement28 which is of suiiicient diameter to rest upon and close the upper endof the neck'25 when the thermostat is expanded by hot water and thereby shut of ilow of water throughtlie l neck 25 to the shower device in case the water is too hot.

It often happens that when thewater is first turned on, it will not be suilicientlyhot to be uncomfortable whereas after it has been y.

flowing for a certain length of time the water supplied from a hot water spigot of the shower will increase inheat until it is too'hot, and very often a person will be badly scalded before the hot water spigot or valve can be shut 0E.' 1n fact it sometimes occurs that a person intended to reduce the flow of hot Water, will turn the hot water ,control in the wrong direction, thereby increasing the quantity loffhot water instead of reducing it and will be badly scalded. f

This cannot occur when a shower bath spray is equipped with a thermostatic shut olf device such as'shown in Figure 1, as the hot water passing through the `housing' 23 in spaced concentric relation thereto and conystituting conduits for delivering water from the union into the tube, a depending nozzle independent of the tube connected with said union and disposed at thecenter ofthe annunozzle and actuated by adjustment thereof to control the flow of water from the union to the nozzle and annular tube.

2. A bath spray comprisingan annular tube perforated .tol discharge water Vdownlar tube, and a valve connectedwith said 1.25

- nozzle independent of the tube connected with said union in depending relation thereto, means connected with the union and adapted to shut off the flow of water into' the union from a source of supply, and a valve connected withthenozzleand actuated by adjustment thereof to control theiiow of water from the union to the nozzle and annular tube.

3. A bath spray comprising an annular tube perforated to discharge water downwardly in an annular spray, a union. disposed centrally of the tube, hollow arms connecting said tube with said union and constituting conduits for delivering water from the union into the'tube, a nozzle independent of the tube connected with said union in depending relation thereto, a valve housing to connect the upper end of said union with a source of supply, a valvein said housing disposed over the outlet thereof and adapted to close the outlet when water passing through the housing reaches a determined temperature, and a valve carried by the nozzle and actuated by adjustment thereof to vcontrol the iiow of water fromithe union to the nozzle and annular tube.

4. A bath spray comprising an annular tube perforated to discharge water downdischarge water downwardly in an annular spray, hollow arms extending inwardly from said tube to support the same and constituting conduits for delivering water thereto, a hollow union connecting the inner ends of said arms and having its upper end adapted to be connected with a source of water supply and having an internal valve seat below the arms, a nozzle independent of the tube connected with the lower end of saidvunion in depending relation thereto, and a valve in said union to selectively control the flow of water to the nozzle and through said arms to the annular tube.

6. A bath spray comprising an annular a hollow union connecting inner ends of said arms and having its upper'endadapted to be connected with a source of water supply and having an internal valve seat below the arms, a coupling depending from the lower end of said union, a nozzle independent of the tube below said coupling and having a neck extending upwardly and threaded into said -v coupling, said neck having a head at its upper end to close the lower end of the union when the neck is screwed tightly into place, an opening being formed in the neck below the head for the passage of water through the neck and-nozzle when the neck is adjusted downwardly, and a sleeve valve to control flow of water through said arms slidable in said union and connected with the head of said neck.

7. A bath spray comprising a perforated encircling tube, a water supply pipe operatively connected with the tube, a coupling operatively connected with the lower portion of the water supply pipe, a nozzle adjustable vertically within the coupling, and a valve carried by the nozzle and actuated by l said nozzle to cut off the flow of water to either the tube or nozzle or to permit the flow of water to both tube and nozzle.

8. A bath spray comprisinga perforated encircling tube, a union, hollow arms con-l necting the tube and union, a coupling con- Cil nected with the union, a nozzle adjustable j vertically within the coupling, means for supplying water to the union, and a valve carried by the nozzle and actuated by the adjustment thereof to admit water to either the tube or nozzle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

THEOPHILUS E. NEAL. [L s] ico 

